FACT announces new Director

FACT has announced the appointment of Mike Stubbs as the organisation's new director

22 February 2007

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is delighted
to announce the appointment of Mike Stubbs, international artist
and currently Head of Exhibitions at the world leading Australian
Centre for Moving Image (ACMI), as the organisation's new
director. Today, the FACT Board, confirmed that Mike Stubbs
has accepted the offer of the position of Director of FACT and will
take up the role in May 2007.

Professor Drummond Bone, Chairman of the FACT Board stated,
"Mike Stubbs possesses an international breadth of experience and
the Board of FACT and Arts Council North West are very pleased to
announce his appointment. As Liverpool approaches its year as
European Capital of Culture 2008 and FACT presents one of its most
ambitious and high-profile programmes to date, Mike is charged with
leading the city's flagship new media arts organisation into this
world spotlight and with developing exciting plans for the future
direction of FACT."

Born in Hertfordshire, Mike moved to Melbourne in 2003 to join
ACMI as Curatorial Manager, becoming Head of Exhibitions the
following year. An award-winning and respected moving image artist
in his own right, the appointment reflected Mike's reputation as a
leading international exhibition curator. Whilst at ACMI, Mike has
driven a hugely successful programme of major exhibitions including
the critically acclaimed White Noise (2005) and 2006 Contemporary
Commonwealth, a central element of Melbourne's Commonwealth Games'
cultural programme.

Reacting to his appointment, Mike, who will move to Liverpool in
May with his wife and two children says, "I am massively excited to
take up the post of Director of FACT, the organization at the
cutting-edge of art and media and one of the jewels in the crown of
Liverpool's ongoing cultural renaissance. Liverpool now has even
greater opportunities in progressing as a world class arts and
cultural hub and I look forward to applying my more recent
experiences in Australia in driving that process through FACT."